Though 2002 – 03 was the first injury-free season of his career, he struggled to match his previous season, only collecting 53 points in 81 games.

Though sharing the same mechanics, We Love Katamari introduces new gameplay features, such as co-operative play, and new goals, such as collecting the most valuable objects, that would continue through its sequels.

Though he can't land the big accounts, he displays a remarkable talent of collecting from deadbeat clients.

Though considerably more recent than the collecting of postage stamps ( philately ) or books ( bibliophilia ), it has a major following around the world today and is partially responsible for the increased interest in comics after the temporary slump experienced during the 1980s.

Though the tradition of the Three Marys arriving in France stems from the high Middle Ages, appearing for instance in the 13th century Golden Legend, Saint Sarah makes her first appearance in Vincent Philippon's book The Legend of the Saintes-Maries ( 1521 ), where she portrayed as " a charitable woman that hi helped people by collecting alms, which led to the popular belief that she was a Gypsy.

Though finishing as the Runner-up three times to Jaguars, it was still considered a hugely successful season, with player-coach Stronach collecting the Coach of the Month Award in November and new-signing Daniel Okonkwo picking up the Player of the Month award twice.

Though in the Johar Valley region there is no tradition of Nanda Raj Jaat but the worship, dance and the ritual of collecting Bramhakamal ( it is called Kaul Kamphu ) is part of Nanda festivals.

Though he badly needed to catch up with his mathematics, the insect collecting predominated along with pleasant diversions such as hillwalking, boating and fly fishing.

Though they are tasked with hunting down rogue psykers and collecting latent ones for training to aid the Imperium, many inquisitors are psykers themselves, though with the strength of will and psychic resilience to control their abilities.

Though the flow may be steady ( time independent ), the fluid decelerates as it moves down the diverging duct ( assuming incompressible or subsonic compressible flow ), hence there is an acceleration happening over position.

Though Anathomia only vaguely describes the pancreas, the pancreatic duct is discussed in greater detail.

Though no effort of the people who originally created it, music that was intended to be temporal, such as performance, or a cdr duct taped to a piece of cardboard, has become digitally permanent and musical recordings intended to be ' permanent ' pieces have become disposable through the authority of the listener.

Though he is also concerned with freeing dance from pedestrian modes of activity, Merce Cunningham has selected a very different method for achieving his aim.

Though sex in some form or other enters into all human activity and it was a good thing that Freud emphasized this aspect of human nature, it is fantastic to explain everything in terms of sex.

Though it centers around the brilliant and enigmatic figure of Charles 12,, the true hero is not finally the king himself.

Though versatile and capable of turning out a ballad lyric with the best of them, Mercer's forte is a highly polished quasi-folk wit.

Though creeks in the Santa Cruz mountains flow brimful the year round and it is forever spring, the apples that grow there have a wintry crackle.

Though there is obviously nothing new about these techniques, they do challenge the worker's skill to articulate them precisely on the spot and on the basis of quick and accurate diagnostic assessments.

Though there is obviously great need for continued experimentation with various types of short-term intervention to further efforts in developing an operational definition of prevention at the secondary -- or perhaps, in some instances, primary -- level, the place of short-term intervention has already been documented by a number of investigators in a wide variety of settings.

Though it is not easy to apply the evidence of the Iliad to any specific era, this marvelous product of the epic tradition had certainly taken definitive shape by 750.

Though now complete, the publication is included in this directory because of its importance and because of the long-term nature of its preparation.

Though there are many exceptions, which we have noted in preceding pages, white wine is as a rule best consumed between two and six years old, and red wines, nowadays, between three and ten.

Though his character is broader and more comically rounded than the don, he gives it a firmness and toughness -- a sort of peasant dignity -- too.

Though Aristotle wrote many elegant treatises and dialogues ( Cicero described his literary style as " a river of gold "), it is thought that the majority of his writings are now lost and only about one-third of the original works have survived.

Though the prison chaplain accuses the state of stripping Alex of free will, the government officials on the scene are pleased with the results and Alex is released into society.

Though her personal contact with Alfred Nobel had been brief, she corresponded with him until his death in 1896, and it is believed that she was a major influence in his decision to include a peace prize among those prizes provided in his will.

Though the word atom originally denoted a particle that cannot be cut into smaller particles, in modern scientific usage the atom is composed of various subatomic particles.

Though the ceremony installs the new abbot into a position of legal authority, it does not confer further sacramental authority-it is not a further degree of Holy Orders ( although some abbots have been ordained to the episcopacy ).

Though the title " abbot " is not given in the Western Church to any but actual abbots of monasteries today, the title archimandrite is given to " monastics " ( i. e., celibate ) priests in the East, even when not attached to a monastery, as an honor for service, similar to the title of monsignor in the Western / Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church.

Though she is one of the few gods of the Greek Pantheon to be actually married, she is frequently unfaithful to her husband.

Though the are has fallen out of use, the hectare is still commonly used to measure land:

Though their holding-power-to-weight ratio is significantly lower than admiralty pattern anchors, their ease of handling and stowage aboard large ships led to almost universal adoption.

Though some of the masonry in the ruins is certainly pre-Roman, the Suda's identification of it with Cyinda, famous as a treasure city in the wars of Eumenes of Cardia, cannot be accepted in the face of Strabo's express location of Cyinda in western Cilicia.

Though the resolution is historically significant, Hideaki Uemura, professor at Keisen University in Tokyo and a specialist in indigenous peoples ' rights, commented that the motion is " weak in the sense of recognizing historical facts " as the Ainu were " forced " to become Japanese in the first place.

Though the fiber flow ( local inhomogeneities of the material's chemical composition generated during casting ) doesn ’ t follow the shape of the crankshaft ( which is undesirable ), this is usually not a problem since higher quality steels, which normally are difficult to forge, can be used.

Though normally distinguishing itself from other churches by calling itself the " Catholic Church ", it also uses the description " Roman Catholic Church ".

Though normally under party control, Volkssturm units were placed under Wehrmacht command when engaging in action.

Though gender discrimination and sexism refers to beliefs and attitudes in relation to the gender of a person, such beliefs and attitudes are of a social nature and do not, normally, carry any legal consequences.

Though all episcopal sees may be considered " holy ", the expression " the Holy See " ( without further specification ) is normally used in international relations ( and in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church ) to refer to the See of Rome viewed as the central government of the Roman Catholic Church.

Though there is no civilian definition within the U. S., any firearm utilizing a projectile greater than 1 / 2 inch (. 50 caliber or 12. 7 mm ) in diameter is legally defined as a " destructive device ," while anything. 50 caliber or less is normally considered " small arms.

Though the pea soup is normally prepared in messes, the dish is typically associated with field kitchens.

Though their accuracy and their ability to win are disputed, their use normally violates the rules of online cardrooms, so using them is, by definition, cheating.

Though not generally a wetland bird, they may pass through or hunt in marshes, normally while migrating or wintering.

Though Taylor normally preferred to portray leaders as fools blundering their way forward, it is fair to add that he did think that individuals sometimes could play a positive role in history — his heroes were Vladimir Lenin and David Lloyd George.

Though they can all run on the same track ( 45 mm gauge ), models representing narrow-gauge versions of trains or locomotives would not normally be run together with models of larger full-scale vehicles.

Though invented on paper in the 19th century, the first such machine had only been built in 1931, and normally they would be built by specialist manufacturers, at great cost.

Though not normally signaled by a change of position, this sort of changing role is constantly seen in his music.

Though it normally dives and swims using only its feet for propulsion, it may use its wings as well if it needs to turn or accelerate quickly.

Though its viewing figures would normally have earned another series, it was cancelled after the first series, mainly due to its risky and dangerous acts.

Though modern studies have shown that other factors can also be responsible for taint – including wooden barrels, storage conditions and the transport of corks and wine – the cork stopper is normally considered to be responsible, and a wine found to be tainted on opening is said to be " corked " or " corky ".

Though normally extremely cheerful, C-ko cries easily when facing hardship.

Though normally an internalized Alter, Scherrice can manifest her Alter in physical form, which appears as a massive, angel-like entity.

Though normally comparatively solitary, European hares will forage in groups.

Though the election of a Speaker is normally non-partisan, there have been several controversial elections in history.

Though is possible to define the angles by geometry, normally the intrinsic rotations equivalence or the extrinsic rotations equivalence are used instead.

Though the British firm Webley and Scott had developed several adequate self-loading pistols, one of which was adopted by the ( normally unarmed ) British police in 1911 and by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines before the First World War, revolvers were generally preferred by most British military.

Though the actual reapportionment will normally occur in respect of a decennial census, the law that governs the total number of representatives and the method of apportionment to be carried into force at that time can be created prior to the census.

Though liturgical colours are not as fixed in the Eastern practice ( normally there are simply " festive " colours and " somber " or Lenten colours ), in some churches, green is used for Pentecost and its Afterfeast.